Mark Mehaffey

Explore Your World: Traditional to Experimental
May 10th - May 14th, 2010, Boone, NC

During the course of this workshop, artists will learn an exciting way of spraying transparent watercolor that results in a powerful, unified, graphic painting that will get everyone’s attention. Further, participants will create paintings using the elements of shape, line, value and color to simplify subject and use a variety of color plans to create emotion and mood. Discussion of content, the importance of color schemes and line quality will also be discussed. Finally, participants will work intuitively with shape, color, line, and especially texture to produce an abstraction with a personal focus and a representational work based on personal reference choices. These paintings will be as fun and absorbing to view, as they are to paint. There will be both group and individualized instruction with time set aside for critique. This is a fast moving, fun workshop where we all learn and share.

Nationally recognized artist Mark E. Mehaffey is a Signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the American Watercolor Society, and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America-master status, among others. He has won major awards in juried exhibitions across the country, including gold and silver medals. Mark’s work has appeared in many publications; most recently in the Best of Watercolor, Splash 5- the Glory of Color, Splash 10-Passionate Brush Strokes, Places in Watercolor, and as a featured artist in Creative Watercolor- a Step by Step Guide and Showcase. His Paintings are included in many corporate, public, and private collections including Blue Cross-Blue Shield, the Arches Paper Co., and others.

Mark is a retired public school art instructor who believes our art future is with the young and is dedicated to building that vision. He is a popular juror and gives workshops and lectures around the country. Mark’s first watercolor book, Creative Watercolor Workshops was released summer of 2005 and his videos, “Build Design and Color Using a Mouth Atomizer” and “Paint a Dramatic Landscape” are now available. Mark is listed in Who’s Who in America (2001) and Who’s Who Among America’s Educators.

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